How to Shop for Free Pay It Forward Contest

With all the bad press Extreme Couponers have been getting, it’s time we show the world that the good guys out weigh the bad.

I am starting a Pay it Forward Contest staring now.

Here are the rules.

1. Get a haul of freebies and donate them. You can donate to anyone you like– a food pantry, woman’s shelter, local senior center, a struggling family- you name it. Just find someone who needs help and help them.

2.Take a picture of the drop off.

3.Right a brief explanation of what you gave, who you gave to and how it made you feel.

I will randomly pick 3 winners out of all the entries and each winner will receive a flat rate box of coupon inserts mailed out to your home.

Even if you don’t get a lot of coupons and can’t do a huge haul don’t let that stop you from entering and paying it forward to someone in need. Every little bit helps. Pay it forward and experience a new type of shopping high!

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Comments

Great idea!! I already gave a huge box for the food drive we had here in Cornish, and I’m bringing 2 big bags of groceries and toiletries to my son and dil today. it feels great to have a stockpile and know, that I paid nothing or next to nothing for everything in the cupboard. My mom always helped me when I was young, now it’s my turn to PIF anyway I can.
I can’t wait to see everyones PIF!
On another note, it is sad that couponing is getting a bad name. But I’m trying to educate the people I know on how to do it responsibly.
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This is great! Although I don’t get a lot of stuff to donate, I do donate little things here and there. My parents go to a food pantry once and week and I give them things to give to the pantry for me. It does feel great to pay it forward. I hope to do it more often but I can’t seem to find all the free stuff like everyone else does.

I have been talking with our Pantry here in Gerogetown for a few months now. I have been trying to teach the coupon crazy to the wonderful people who run the Abundant Food Pantry at The New LIfe Church. Tomorrow will be my second coffee with them and I have been delivering a package of items every week since our first met. There are 70 families in town that come to the pantry some older some young and it kills me that the pantry is trying despratly to fill their shelves ona budget of 125.00/month (if my memory is clear) so to me its an absolute neccesity that they use coupons! We have discussed getting the Parish involved in collecting inserts weekly at mass and I can’t wait to see how that is going. I have committed to going over the shiopping list and matchign coupons or giving suggestions where I can. It is the BEST feeling and I am teachign my daughter (5yrs old) how important it is to think of others which was difficult till now. My 5 year old can be heard at the store asking for something and if the answer is not this time she then will reply ok well maybe if we can find a coupon! I chuckle and get looks from other shoppers but I don’t care after all my savings are allowing me to give to my daughter, my family, my friends and those in our community who nare in need . It is also quite a feeling to see the surprise on the face of the people at the Pantry each week when I deliver my “goodies” for them. Really puts a smile on my face and in my heart!

I will speak to them I was so dissapointed with the cancelled class a few weeks ago! Long story but I told them how you did the class in Boxford and it was a great success! THey truly were blessed by the posal stomp out hunger the only thing they are low on are toiletries, and paper goods. They typically only handle non perishables but I have been slipping in some cheese,hot dogs,butter and such that I had frozen. They are only open tuesdays but plan to open those hours due to the need in town right now. I never would have known about them myself however now that my daughter is in school the PTA has done a food drive/hol;iday drives through out the year and that is how I got with them. I do what I can but if we can get the members to bring in extra inserts I could do so muchmore! I do a little dumpster diving – not very well received in town……..but typically buy my inserts uncut weekly. Thank you for the offer and insight intot his wonderful world of couponing and giving it is a great thing!